"dave F" wrote in message ...

I used to travel on the Northern line for many years ago and that sort of
thing occurred almost every 3 months!

One occasion I had to knock on the drivers door to tell him the train was on
fire and he replied "Bloody hell!". I can laugh about it now but at the time
I was sharing the carriage with a mother who had a baby in a pram and when
you actually see a flame its not at all nice.

You have to wonder what would (does?) happen if some of the newspaper & tissues
etc that people drop around the system were to get lodged in some hot traction
equipment. I imagine this could be quite likely to happen in a tunnel section.

B2003